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New South Wales Labor says it will commit $430 million to fund the first stage of a re-development of Sydney's Westmead Hospital, promising a new emergency department, operating theatres and extra beds....

The New South Wales Government has announced a clinical trial of the medical use of marijuana, making its legal use one step closer in the state. A working group has been formed to set up the trial, which will look at ways to address issues of supply and distribution, and report back by the end of the ...

The NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, says if the Federal Government pushes ahead with a $7 co-payment for the doctor, it will force more people into hospitals, and that's a bad and costly healthcare policy. Minister Skinner says that the state will consider allowing GPs into hospitals to ...

The lobby group representing the nation's doctors says the Federal Health Minister's claim that doctors will profit from the $7 GP copayment proposed in this week's budget is not true. The Australian Medical Association's federal president Dr Steve Hambleton says GP's will be 25 per cent worse ...

The World Health Organisation has warned antibiotic resistance has created superbugs which threaten us all; possibly creating a time where antibiotics will no longer work and simple illnesses will again kill....

While most terminally ill Australians die in hospital, many would prefer to die at home. But funding pressures and medical models mean its a choice not often available. Liv Casben speaks to doctors, patients, carers and NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner about the problem. ...

The Australian-trained doctor criticised for his involvement in China's controversial organ transplant program has defended the practice and responded to critics who want him stripped of honours bestowed by the University of Sydney. A group of fellow doctors have petitioned the ...